The Front Bottoms - Swear To God The Devil Made Me Do It (NPR)

The NPR Tiny Desk version of Swear To God The Devil Made Me Do It by The Front Bottoms.
Trimmed using Kapwing (kapwing.com/) from the NPR Music Tiny Desk Concert of The Front Bottoms (second song of four) found here: • The Front Bottoms: NPR...
0:00 - 2:11
Au Revoir (Adios)
• The Front Bottoms - Au...
2:11 - 6:05
Swear To God The Devil Made Me Do It
• The Front Bottoms - Sw...
6:20 - 10:10
The Feud
• The Front Bottoms - Th...
10:22 - 15:28
Twin Size Mattress
• The Front Bottoms - Tw...
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When I first saw The Front Bottoms, I was stunned, as 350-plus singing/shouting clubgoers repeating compassionate verse after complicated verse back at singer Brian Sella. And then it happened again at a hot sweaty club in Philadelphia, and later in D.C., and then again in Baltimore. The community that's formed around these songs, total strangers purging deep emotions in a public space. It's a beautiful phenomena, a testament to the passion and compassion that this band radiates. A testament to the nerve that's gets pinged with lines cried out, 'I wanna be stronger than your dad was for your mom' or the phrase in one of this years best songs 'Twin Sized Mattress' "
I wanna contribute to the chaos
I don't wanna watch and then complain
'Cause I am through finding blame
That is the decision that I have made
And when you hear the music...uncomplicated but pretty memorable, you realize that the talent in this band isn't about instrument craft and years of playing scales...this is about the shortest distance from emotion, sometimes complex and storied emotion, from band to audience. At the Tiny Desk in the bright of day and with office lights on, it was a tough to get the call and response that happens in a darkened late night room, but it's not hard to look at the faces in this band, especially the sweet smile of Brian, to understand this band. Their new record Talon of the Hawk is certainly on my year end list for all these reasons. It's all about heart and soul, something frequently avoided and hard to convey. --BOB BOILEN
Set List
"Au Revoir (Adios)"
"Swear To God The Devil Made Me Do It"
"The Feud"
"Twin Size Mattress"
Credits
Producers: Bob Boilen, Denise DeBelius; Audio Engineer: Kevin Wait; Videographers: Parker Miles Blohm, Denise DeBelius, Erica Yoon

[@okokay4814]

Brian sella is so bbg

[@scrumbun1251]

Need him BIBLICALLY

[@scrumbun1251]

I need him

[@japhysynder]

On the plagiarist lyric reference-this song is the same chords as Cat Like Theif boxcar racer..lots of songs use same chords just interesting. Love this song ❤

[@bathrobeman66]

You guys freaking rock

[@lewydmusic]

Oh they're absolutely awesome. I love the half shout/talk/sing folk-punk energy stuff... Its so strangly apesific and awrsom